Improvement in machines for forming hat-brims



UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES T. ROWE, OF NORWALK, CONNECTICUT.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 123,200, dated January30, 1872.

SPECIFICATION.

I, CHARLES T. ROWE, of Norwalk, in the county of Fairfield and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain Improvements in Machines for FormingHat-Brims, of which the following is a specification:

N (mire and Object of the Invention.

bottom plate.

General Description.

The drawing, Figure l is a plan view of the bed-plate. Fig. 2 is asectional view of the former, showing the plunger and holes in the twoplates and the lever.

The bed-plate A is formed with the upper face to correspond to therequired shape of the fiat part of the brim, and a hole or matrix ismade in the center of the size required to receive the circumference ofthe lower edge of the prepared hat-body. The upper pressingplate B isshaped on the under face to correspond with the face of the lower plateA, and a hole is made in the same to receii e the plunger C. This upperplate B slides up and down on the vertical guide-rods D by the action ofthe lever E. The plunger C is made of the size required of the innercircumference of the hat-body, and is permanently attached to the lowerend of the main rod G, and the upper end of this rod G is connected tothe operating pressure-lever E by a pin and joint, I, and the back endof the lever is connected to the standard K by the joint L. Across-piece, M, is attached to the top of the upper plate B, to operatethe same when actuated by the rise and fall of the pressing-lever E, andslides up and down the rods D D, which keeps the same in its directposition.

To operate the former, the cloth or felt fabric is prepared in a plainpiece of the requisite size, and then a hole is cut or stamped in thecenter of the size required for the circumference of the hat to be used.It is then laid on the lower plate A, so that the hole will be directlyunder the plunger, and will project about half an inch over the edge ofthe lower hole, to form the flange or turn-up of the inner edge. Theplunger is then pressed down by the lever, and the flange is formedready to receive the hat-body.

What I claim as my invention is The machine for shaping hat-brims,consisting of the bed-plate A, the pressing-plate B, the plunger C, andthe lever E, constructed and operating as and for the purpose specified.

CHAS. T. ROWE.

Witnesses:

WM. VINE, JOSEPH F. FOOTE.

W 0 R S E L on A H C improvement in Machines for Forming Hat Br ims.

Patented Jan. 30, 1872.

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